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The man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman is planning to use a defense strategy that should be familiar to Zimmerman: Stand your ground. The attorney for Matthew Apperson said today that his client qualifies because he opened fire when he thought his life was in danger. As the AP notes, Zimmerman's legal team considered but ultimately chose not to pursue a stand-your-ground defense after Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin. Under Florida's law, Apperson would get a hearing before his trial at which a judge would decide whether he's in the clear because of the self-defense strategy.

"That's a good look into the future," attorney Michael LaFay tells the Orlando Sentinel. The newspaper also points out broad similarities between this case and the Trayvon Martin shooting:

"Two people exchanged words. There was a confrontation, and then someone grabbed a gun and opened fire, claiming the other was about to kill him. In this case, each man says the other was the aggressor."

Oh my, Mr. Zimmerman....isn't it the pits when some chickens come home to roost?!

Iffida

May 30, 2015 9:00 AM CDT

It's a shame that Matthew Apperson was not a good shooter. He needs to take shooting lessons before he meets up with Zimmerman again.

Halftone

May 30, 2015 8:43 AM CDT

It drives me nuts that article after article say Zimmerman chose "stand your ground" as a defense. He did not. He chose "Self defense" and was found innocent. People need to stop getting mad when the system does not rule they way they think is should. If you do not like it. Leave. From the NY times "Soon after Mr. Zimmerman was arrested, there appeared to be a chance that the defense would invoke a provision of Florida self-defense law known as Stand Your Ground. Ultimately it was not part of Mr. O’Mara’s courtroom strategy," http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/us/in-zimmerman-case-self-defense-was-hard-to-topple.html